MedCath will sell its stake in Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota to Avera McKennan for $20 million, the healthcare provider said Monday.MedCath owns one-third of the hospital and management rights.After the sale, Avera McKennan will own two-thirds of Avera Heart. Avera McKennan is a member...

SQI Diagnostics Inc. (TSXV:SQD) has reported a loss of $1.6 million for the third quarter as increased expenses weighed on its quarterly results.The Toronto-based medical systems company said Monday its losses were equal to five cents a share, for the three months ended June 30. That compared...

DUBLIN, Aug 30, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of its Specialty Chemicals business to an affiliate of New Mountain Capital, L.L.C. for a cash purchase price...

The continuation of Moore?s Law appears less in doubt than ever. Companies such as Intel, ST, AMD (via GlobalFoundries) and IBM are testing FinFETS and ETSOI and work is being done on the back end to ensure that these new structures can be manufactured with sufficient yield, according to...

(Nationwide Children's Hospital) It may soon be possible to identify patients who will develop tuberculosis, as scientists have identified changes in the blood specific to the disease. These findings are from an international study published in the Aug. 19 issue of Nature and conducted by...

PARIS, Aug. 29 /- Sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY ) announced today that it has submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire Genzyme (Nasdaq: GENZ ) in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $18.5 billion. Under the terms of the proposed acquisition, Genzyme...

(McMaster University) New findings by McMaster University researchers contradict earlier reports that people with a certain genetic make-up don't benefit from the blood-thinner clopidogrel, also known as Plavix.

(European College of Neuropsychopharmacology) Recent research findings in psychiatry indicate that genes are likely to influence disorder mostly indirectly, via their impact upon physiological pathways, and work by increasing the likelihood of developing a psychiatric disorder,...

(European College of Neuropsychopharmacology) Even today psychotic disorders remain highly stigmatized, and despite the young age of the patients and the long-term service dependence often are not prioritized in the agenda of public health.

During Cindy Cool's almost daily visits to the nursing home, she would routinely find her Alzheimer's-suffering father wearing urine-soaked clothes.The Blue Lake, Calif. resident said it would take upwards of 20 minutes for the apparently short-handed staff of Eureka Healthcare and...

Construction is now under way on the world's biggest wind farm in California's Mojave Desert. Federal and state regulators have given the green light to several large solar thermal projects in the Mojave as well. Ira Flatow and guests discuss the future of clean energy in the U.S.